diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index e1758645..6e72b4a3 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ tailFunc() {
   # Colour A/AAAA/DHCP strings as white
   # Colour everything else as gray
   tail -f /var/log/pihole.log | sed -E \
-    -e "s,($(date +'%b %d ')| dnsmasq[.*[0-9]]),,g" \
+    -e "s,($(date +'%b %d ')| dnsmasq\[[0-9]*\]),,g" \
     -e "s,(.*(blacklisted |gravity blocked ).* is (0.0.0.0|::|NXDOMAIN|${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}|${IPV6_ADDRESS:-NULL}).*),${COL_RED}&${COL_NC}," \
     -e "s,.*(query\\[A|DHCP).*,${COL_NC}&${COL_NC}," \
     -e "s,.*,${COL_GRAY}&${COL_NC},"